Trump again says Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries have affected diesel market

US President Donald Trump has said that the biggest problem for the diesel fuel market is what is happening between Russia and Ukraine.

Source: Trump's remarks to journalists

Details: Trump believes developments in Russia, rather than the war in the Middle East, are having the biggest impact on the diesel market.

Quote: "Diesel has really hurt much more, not by the Middle East, but by what's going on in Russia, because those diesel refineries are being knocked out at a pretty alarming rate."

Details: Trump also said that without strikes on Russian oil refining facilities, the current problems with diesel fuel might not exist.

Quote: "What's happened in Russia with Ukraine has been really the biggest problem for diesel."

Background:

• Trump called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop strikes on Russian diesel fuel, saying that the attacks were causing a shortage of diesel.
• During the public part of a meeting with Zelenskyy in early July, Trump noted that Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries were an escalation capable of bringing the war to an end.
• Trump said in September that he had had a "great" conversation with Vladimir Putin and claimed that the Russian leader wants to strike a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

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Originally reported by Ukrainska Pravda by Iryna Vakuliuk. Read the full story at the source.